Commentary sary for the intended health outcomes and what may be done to reduce the
use of prescription opioids to maximize public health without undue collateral damage …

Several recent publications have drawn attention to the problem of prescription opioid abuse
and associated morbidity and mortality in Canada. 1-4 Unfortunately, some of these …

Deaths resulting from prescription opioids tripled in the United States between 1999 and
2007 and are also increasing in many other countries, including the United Kingdom. Irfan A …

Harmful and nonmedical use of prescription opioids has increased precipitously in the
United States and some other countries in recent years, but not everywhere around the …

Background: The non-medical use of and harms related to prescription opioid (PO)
analgesics–key medications to treat severe and chronic pain-are an emerging public health …

Opioids are an important therapeutic option for severe resistant chronic pain but, in the
absence of proper oversight, their use has risks. The level of prescription opioid …

Abstract In the United States, opioid analgesics have increasingly been prescribed in the
treatment of chronic pain, and this trend has accompanied increasing rates of misuse and …

An increase in the prescribing of opioids over the past several years often has been
perceived as the primary reason for the increase in the nonmedical use of prescription …

Five years ago, we highlighted Canada's emerging problem of prescription opioid (PO)-
related harms and emphasized the need for targeted surveillance, research and …

Issues. Consumption of prescription opioid analgesics (POAs) in Australia has increased
steadily in recent years, raising concerns of increasing harms including overdose and …